Sanitary fit-on kitchen-sink back and top cover



March 24, 1931. E. DAHMS ET AL 1 1,798,068

SANITARY FIT-ON KITCHEN S INK BACK AND TOP COVER Filed May 20, 1929 INVENTOR'S mud, .D 7l7rvs l'q ed A- ahms ATTOR NEY Wfi Patented Mar, 24, 1931 PATENT OFFICE EMMA DAHMS AND FRED A. DAHMS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO SANITARY FIT-ON KITCHEN-SINK BACK AND TOP COVER Application filed May 20, 1929. Serial No. 364,467.

An object of our invention is to provide a sanitary, practical, and neat form fitting cover, for the old type of flat rim kitchen sink with wooden board tops, so commonly in vogue before the introduction of the new por-,

celain enameled all metal apron sinks.

- We attain these objects with a member of granite composition or other suitable sheet metal stamping or casting, molded and tailored in the manner shown in the Various views, preferably, in various colored porcelain enameled coatings. For those preferring, said covers are to be made in molded semi-flexible rubber composition.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a representative type ofthe sink cover.

Figure 2 is a cross section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figures 3 to 7 are detail perspective views of various designs of sink covers, each embodying the novel flange construction herein disclosed.

To attain fitting of the said covers, they must of necessity be made in various sizes and types or styles as shown in Figs. 1,

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, with the overlapping apron or lip 1, on the front, either or both sides,

so that by a very slight alteration of the so ends and sides of the board tops of said old type sinks, the said cover would fit on snugly. The top "surface of said cover at the inner border of the oblong opening 2, is

continued in flanges 3, on its four sides, of

85 sufficient width to snugly fit with a wedging action the inner four sides of any one of a plurality of sizes of sinks, approximately one fourth of an inch, as shown in the cross-section Fig. 2. The flanges 3 are of considerable depth, being substantially coextensive with the apron-1. The apron conceals more of the old sink as the flanges 3 settle lower therein. In other words, the larger the sink,

the deeper will the cover sit thereupon, and

the greater will the concealing function of the apron 1 .be.

The sanitary features of the said covers are attained by the use of waterproof and I easily cleaned materials, the raised surface 4. of the outer borders, preventing dripping of liquids on the floors. Each one.of the various types has the general contour of the renresentative sink cover in Fig. 1, those depicted by Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5 having corrugated drain sections 5.

Additional practical features are attained by making various types of said covers with the low back 6 (Fig. 7), of a few inches, to fit below the conventional water supply faucets 9, so as not to necessitate a change in the 60 plumbing connections, types of said covers with a high back having the two conventional holes 7 being a means for passage of the Water supply connections, types of said covers having rolled back edges 8, at the top and sides of its back.

- We are aware that prior to our invention, various articles of manufacture were composed of materials suited to the production of same, that it has been a common practice to nail or tack sheets of various materials, or cement and plaster a plastic, hard-drying: composition, upon the wooden tops and backs of kitchen sinks, also, that the shape of said invention, to be form-fitting, must of necessity, resemble somewhat, the all-metal type apron kitchen sinks, having no wooden construction.

We therefore do not claim any of these practices or articles; but we claim:

A sink cover comprising a plate having an opening as well as an upstanding back and a raised periphery terminating in a depending apron, and a flange defining the contour of the opening and depending from 5 the periphery thereof, said flange being of a substantial depth to space theplate above and out of contact with the sink flange and disposed at a sharp upright angle to establish a wedging fit in any of a plurality of sizes of sinks.v

EMMA DAHMS. FRED A. DAHMS. 

